We shall wait few days and see... Lou Reed described Lulu, his musical collaboration with Metallica, also as "the best thing I ever did".
Recorded between April and June 2011, Lulu is a concept project by Lou Reed, who had written songs over the years inspired by 2 plays (Earth Spirit and Pandora’s Box) of late 1800 and early 1900, conceived by German expressionist playwright Frank Wedekind, which tell about the life of a young, abused dancer, Lulu. After their meeting in 2009 at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 25th Anniversary Concert, Metallica decided to write music with Lou Reed, based on Reed's demos and lyrics on the story of Lulu.
The wait for one of the biggest recording events in 2011 (or maybe the biggest) is nearly finished. On October 31 the world can start to discover what surely has been one of the most unthinkable collaborations of all time in rock history. Both Lou Reed and Metallica fans will have a lot to listen to (87 minutes of "avant-garde-theatrialic hard rock metal"), to talk about and to praise or criticize or ignore. Isn't that the beauty of music?